Device for hanging and operating car-doors.



No. 776,928. PATENTEID DEC. 6, 1904.

P. J. MUCULLOUGH.

DEVICE FOR HANGING AND OPERATING GAR DOORS. Arrmommn FILED JULY 2a,1903.

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Nd. 776,928. PATBNTED DEC. 6, 1904.

P. J. MQOULLOUGH.

DEVIGE FOR HANGING: AND OPERATING GAR DOORS.

APPLICATION IILED JULY 28, 1903.

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UNITED STATEs Patented December 6, 1904.

PATENT EEicE.

PAUL J. MGCULLOUGH, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR OF TWVO- THIRDS TOEDW'ARD S. MARSHALL, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

DEVICE FOR HANGING AND OPERATING CAR-DOORS- SPECIFICATION forming partof Letters Patent No. 776,928, dated December 6, 1904:.

Application filed July 28,1908. Serial No. 167,280. (No model.

To (ZZZ whom, it IN/(by concern:

Be it known that 1, PAUL J. MoOULLoUei-I, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, haveinvented new and Improved Devices for Hanging and Operating Car-Doors,of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to an improvement in devices for hanging andoperating car-doors, particularly flush doors for freight-cars.

The purpose of the invention is to provide a device of the charactermentioned which will be simple, durable, and economic, readily applied,and conveniently operated.

Another purpose of the invention is to provide a means controlled by asingle lever for locking and unlocking the door and placing the door inand out of closing position and also to provide an auxiliary lockingdevice capable of being used at will and which is independent of thelever, but serves to lock the lever against movement when the door isclosed.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of theseveral parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed outin the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters ofreference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a partial side elevation of a car, the door being supportedby the improved devices and shown closed and locked. Fig. 2 is ahorizontal section practically on the line 2 2 of Fig. l, the door beingflush with the outer side of the car. Fig. 3 is a similar section tothat shown in Fig. 2, being taken on the same line, but the door isshown carried at and supported beyond the outer side of the car. Fig. 4:is a section through the upper portion of the door, an edge view of theforward hanger for the door, and an end view of the bracket for the saidhanger. Fig. 5 is a front elevation of a part of the upper portion ofthe door and an outer face view of the forward hanger for the door. Fig.6 is a sectional perspective view of the supporting mechanism for thedoor located at the lower rear portion of the door, including thelocking devices and devices for carrying the door laterally to and fromthe opening to be covered by the door. Fig. 7 is a detail view of thekeeper employed in connection with the mechanism shown in Fig. 6. Fig. 8is a detail view of the main section of the mechanism shown in Fig. 6.Fig. 9 is a perspective view of the intermediate section of themechanism shown in Fig. 6, parts being broken away, and a perspectiveview of the lower portion of the operating-shaft carried by the door andcontrolled by said intermediate section of said mechanism. Fig. 10 is aperspective view of the upper portion of the operating-shaft and therear hanger and a sectional perspective view of a part of the track,illustrating positions of the hanger relative to the track. Fig. 11 is asection through the track and a side view of a modified form of the rearhanger in the position it occupies when the door is closed, and Fig. 19.is a transverse section through the track and an end view of themodified form of rear hanger in the position it occupies when the doorhas been moved outward from the door-opening.

A represents a side of a freight-car provided with the usual door B,which door when closed and locked has its outer face flush with theouter side face of the car. O represents the upper main or suspensiontrack for the door B. The location and formation of this track O arebest shown in Figs. 2, 3, st, 11, and 12, in which it will be observedthat the said upper main or suspension trackO consists of an outervertical plate-section 13, a bottom section 13, and anupwardly-extcnding flangesection 14, which is opposite the side of thecar and is opposite the inner side of the main or plate section 13, thusforming at the bottom of the said track O a gutter or longitudinalchannel 15. This upper main or suspension track O is secured to the sideof the car at a point above the opening to be closed by the door B inany suitable or approved manner -as, for example, through the medium ofbolts or their equivalentsand extends from a point opposite the forwardjamb 10 of the door-opening to a point as far as may be desired beyondthe rear jamb 10 of the said opening, as is shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3.This upper main or suspension track C at its forward end a is brought toan engagement with the forward jamb 10, as is shown in Figs. 2 and 3,and is then carried rearward in a straight line a slight distance. It isthen bowed out ward laterally, as is shown at a, so as to carry the mainportion a of the track beyond the side of the car, a suitable spaceintervening the main portion a of the track, the side of the car, andthe outer face of the door B when the latter is in position to close theopening in the side of the car, as is shown in Fig. 2.

At the upper forward end of the door B a bracket 16 is secured to theouter face of the said door. This bracket is made to extend inward aslight distance at the top of the door, as is shown in Fig. 1, and isthen carried upward to support a box-casing16, which boxcasing, as isshown in Figs. 4 and 5, is provided at its outer face at its lower edgewith lugs 17, which extend freely down into the trough or channel 15 ofthe upper main or suspension track 0, so as to prevent the boxcasing 16from leaving the track, as this boxcasing 16 has a friction-roller 18journaled therein, and this friction-roller is adapted to travel on theupper edge of the flange 1 1 of the upper main or suspension track 0.

At. the upper rear portion of the door B a bracket 19 is secured to theouter face of the door, and this bracket at its rear portion terminatesin a sleeve or cylindrical socket 20, having a circumferential recess 21in its upper edge. The parts 16 and 16 and accessories constitute theforward hanger for the door B.

The rear hanger for the door B when the door is of light construction isthat shown in Fig. 10 and consists of a horizontal cap-plate 22, havinga socket 23 extending downward from what may be termed its outer end,and this socket is provided with a lug 2A, which is adapted to havemovement in the recess 21 of the sleeve or socket 20 of the bracket 19to limit the movement of the said rear hanger.

At the opposite end of the cap-plate 22 a transverse bar 25 is located,held above the upper face of the said cap-plate 22 by an endupwardly-extendingflange 26, and preferably the cross-bar 25 extendsbeyond both longitudinal edges of the cap-plate, but particularly beyondone longitudinal edge, at which extended end of the crossbar 25 adownwardly-projecting pin 26* or a friction-roller is located, and thispin or friction-roller 26 is made to enter and is adapted to travel inthe gutter or channel 15 of the upper main or suspension track C.

The rear hanger just described is adapted to occupy two positions, aninner and an outer position. The inner position is that shown inpositive lines in Fig. 10, and a hanger occupies this position when thedoor B is closed flush with the outer face of the body A of the car. Theposition shown in dotted lines is that occupied by the said rear hangerwhen the door has been moved outward from the opening in the body of thecar which it is adapted to close, at which time the door is in positionto be slid along the length of the upper main or suspension track 0 to apoint near its rear end. In the outer position of the said door B, as isindicated by dotted lines in Fig. 10, the position of the said rearhanger is such that the cross-bar 25 is parallel with the upper main orsuspension track, and the cap-plate 22 extends below the said track 0and is practically at a right angle to the said track, whereas in theclosed position of the door B the cap-plate 22 is parallel with thetrack C, and the cross-bar 25, carrying the pin or roller 26, is atright angles to the said track C, extending from the track in directionof the body of the car.

An operating-shaft 27 is located vertically at the rear or vertical edgeof the door B, and the upper end of this shaft 27 is passed up into thesocket 23 of the cap-plate 22 and is secured to said socket by a screw28 or its equivalent.

When the door B is a heavy door, I prefer to construct the rear hangeras is illustrated in Figs. 11 and 12, in which it will be observed thatthe operating-shaft 27, which may be tubular or solid, is secured to anend of a horizontal arm or member 30, having at its opposite end anupwardly-extending flange 30 to which flange abox-casing 29 is attachedor may be integral with it. The said box-casing is open at the top andat the bottom, and a lug 31 extends downward from said box-casing 29,adapted to loosely enter the trough or channel 15 in the upper main orsuspension track G. \Vithin this box-casing 29 a friction-roller 32 ispivoted, and when the door B is in its closed position the roller 32, asis shown in Fig. 11, is at a right angle to the track 0, but inengagement with its inner upwardly-extending flange or tread surface 11; but when the door has been carried out from the body of the car andis to be slid from over the opening which it closed the position of theparts shown in Fig. 11 is changed to that shown in Fig. 12, wherein thefriction-roller 32 is on the tread or flange section 14 of the track C,and the arm 30 extends outward at right angles to the track and beyondits outer face.

In Figs. 6, 8, and 9 I have illustrated in detail the mechanism which isemployed for controlling the lower end of the operatingshaft 27.

It may be here remarked that when the door is closed, as is shown inFig. 2, the rear hanger being in the position shown by positive lines inFig. 10 and in Fig. 11, and it is desired to open the door it isnecessary to turn the opcrating-shaft 27, so as to move the cap-plate252 or the arm 30 in order to bring the roller or pin-bearings carriedthereby in position to travel along the length of the track U, as isshown by dotted lines in Fig. 10 and by positive lines in Fig. 12, andat the same time to carry the rear edge of the door B out beyond theplane of the front face of the side of the body A of the car, as isshown in Fig. 3, so that at such time as the door is pushed rearward, asillustrated in Fig. 3, it will gradually assume an outer position on themain portion a of the track, leaving a space between the inner face ofthe door and the outer face of the body A of the car.

When the door is to be closed, it is pushed forward, guided by its upperhangers above described, and as the forward hanger reaches the forwardend a, of the track C, which is attached to the forward jamb 10 of thedoor opening, the forward edge of the door and its adjacent section willbe brought into position in a recess in the said forward jamb and willbe flush, or practically so, with the outer face of the body A of thecar. When the forward edge of the door abuts the forward jamb 10, theoperating-shaft 27 is turned so as to bring the upper rear hanger,whichever may be employed, to the position shown in positive lines inFig. 10 and in Fig. 11, thus compelling the rear edge portion of thedoor to take a position in a recess in the rear jamb 10" correspondingto the recess in the forward jamb 10, in which the forward edge of thedoor is fitted, thereby bringing the outer face of the entire doorpractically flush with the outer face of the body of the car.

The mechanism for controlling the movement of the operating-shaft 27 islocated at the lower portion of the door adjacent to itslower edge andits rear edge, as is illustrated in Fig. 1. This mechanism is shown indetail in Figs. 6, 8, and 9. Before describing this mechanism, however,it may be stated that the door B is limited in its rearward movement bya stop 11, secured to the outer face of the bodyAof the car, and thedoor B when it is carried outward is supported at its lower edge inmoving either to or from the opening it is adapted to cover by means ofoffset brackets 12, suitably placed upon the outer face of the body A ofthe car, as is also shown in Fig. 1.

The operating mechanism for the operatingshaft 27 comprises,practically, three sectionsnamely, a bracket-section D, a dooroperatingsection E, and a transmitting-section F, the door-operating section Ebeing located between the bracket-section D and the transmitting-sectionF.

With reference to the bracket section fl), said section, as is bestshown in Fig. 8, is of substantially triangular form, although itsshapemay be varied, and comprises a vertical body member 33, a topoutwardly-exitending horizontal flange member 34:, a lower rib member56, in which rib member a longitudinal opening 37 is formed near thewider or rear edge of the said section, a tubular or knuckle member 38,which extends downward from the rear end of the upper horizontal member34:, and a box-recess 39, which extends beyond the rear face of the bodymember 33 and is adapted to be fitted into a suitable recess in thedoor, the upper wall of which recess 39 forms a ctmtinuation of thelower portion of the knuckle member 38. This bracketsection 1.) is adaited to be socurely fastened to the door B by means of screws or theirequivalents passed through suitably-spaced apertures 35, made in thesaid. body member.

A horizontal shelf member 40 is attached to or is integral with thelower forward portion of the knuckle 38, a space intervening such shelfmember L0 and the top member 34 of the bracket'section and the shelfmember 40 and the bottom of the said. box-recess 39. An angular opening40 is made in the said shelf member 40, comprising a longitudinal limbwhich is in communication with the knuckle 38 and a transverseconnecting-limb which extends toa point near the front of the saidshelfmember. A registering opening 41 is produced in the upper member 34of the bracket-section D, which opening 4L1 is also in communicationwith the knuckle 38. In

fact, the said knuckle is provided with a ver-.

tieal opening which connects the rear end of the longitudinal limb ofthe opening 40 in the shelf member 40 with the inner end of the upperrecess 41. The said upper recess 41 is of such dimensions as to includethe square area of the lower angular recess L0; but the upper openingt], preferably at the central portion of its forward edge, has a recesstl produced in such edge.

With reference to the doonoperating section E, said section is bestshown in Fig. 9 and comprises a knuckle-section 43, adapted at its upperedge for engagement with the lower edge of the knuckle member 38 of thebracket-section 1), and the said knuckle member 43 is provided with anangular recess 44 in its lower edge, while a lever-arm 45 extends fromthe upper portion of the knuckle L3, the upper edge of the knuckle andthe upper face of the knuckle-arm being practically in the same plane.In this lever-arm 45, adjacent to the knuckle 43, an angular opening 46is produced, corresponding to the opening 40*in the shelf member 40 ofthe brackctsection I), with which opening 40 the opening 4:6 is adaptedto register when the door B is to be locked in closed position. From therear inner portion of the knuckle 43 a horizontal hook extension 47 isprojected, following the curvature of the knuckle 43 to a greater orless extent, and the upper face of the hook extension &7 is flush withthe upper edge of the knuckle 43 and the upper face of the lever-arm 45.Furthermore, in the construction of the door-operating section E arecess 48 is produced in the underside of the leverarm 45 beneath theopening 46 in said arm.

The transmitting-section F is practically a knuckle of cylindrical formand is provided with a lug 49 at its upper portion, adapted to enter therecess 44 in the knuckle 43, connected with the lever-arm 45, so thatwhen the lever-arm 45 is moved the knuckle or transmitting section F ismoved also. This transmitting -section F is provided with an opening 49therein, through which a screw or its equivalent may be introduced tosecure said transmitting-section F to the bottom portion of the shaft27. In connection with this mechanism above describedI employ akeeper G,which is secured to the body of the car, and comprises a body-section50, as is shown in Figs. 6 and 7, and a forward outwardlyextendingmarginal flange 51, the said keeper having a longitudinal opening 52therein, formed partially in its body portion and partially in theflange 51, and when the door is closed and the lever 45 is carriedforward to an engagement with the bracket-section D the hook extensionwill pass through the opening 52 in the keeper G, and thus hold the doorclosed, as is shown in Figs. 1 and 6. Instead of employing thetransmitting-section F, such section may be discarded, and the lever-armE may be made to act upon the supportingshaft 27, as is shown in Fig. 9,by producing in the inner face of the knuckle 43 an angular recess 53,one limb of which extends out through thelower edge of the knuckle, andin locating on the shaft 27 a pin 54, which is adapted to travel in thesaid recess 53; but it will be understood that this recess 53 andpin 54may be used in connection with the transmitting knuckle-section F, if itis so desired.

In the operation of the device when the lever-arm 45 is swung outwardand rearward the rear hanger is turned outward, due to the connectionbetween the lever and the shaft 27, placing the guides for the said rearhangers in position to travel upon the track C, as shown in dottedlinesin Fig. 10 and positive lines in Fig. 12, whereupon the door can bedrawn rearward until it engages with the stop 11. When the door ispushed forward to closing position, the inwardly-inclined portion a ofthe track C, through the forward hanger 16, will bring the forward edgeof the door into engagement with the forward jamb 10, and when suchengagement occurs the lever-arm 45 is drawn forward parallel with thedoor, as is shown in Figs. 1 and 6, causing the shaft 27 to be so turnedas to carry the body-section of the rear hanger inward or in directionof the car-body, and by reason of the horizontal extension between thetraveler for the track C and the shaft 27 the rear portion of the dooris forced inward, bringing the entire door flush with the outer face ofthe car-body, and at the same time the door-operating section E willhave entered the slot 52 in the keeper G, thereby locking the dooragainst opening until the lever-arm 45 is again thrown rearward.

In order to positively insure the locking of the door B, a locking-slide55 is employed, adapted to pass down through the opening 41 in the uppermember 34 of the bracket-section D, through the longitudinal limb of theopening 40 in the shelf member 40, and into the recess 48 inthelever-arm. This lockingslide has a head 56 and a downwardly-beveledkey 58 upon its forward face adapted to enter the transverse limb of theopening 40 in the shelf member 40 and the corresponding limb in thelever-arm 45, as is shown in Fig. 6. This locking-slide must necessarilybe removed before the lever-arm 45can be operated, and at the lower endof the locking-slide an opening 59 is made, through which opening andthe eye 37 in the bracket-section D the wire loop of a seal may bepassed to prevent the locking-slide from being removed except when thedoor is to be opened by a duly-authorized person.

Under the construction heretofore specifically described, and shownespecially in Figs. 6

and 9, it will be observed that the extent to which the shaft 27 shallturn to carry the rear portion of the door B to or from the car isregulated by the length of the slot 53, in which the pin 54 turns.Preferably this slot is of such length that when the lever-arm 45 isdrawn in one or the other direction the shaft 27 will be given aquarter-turn, as such has been found sufficient and best adapted for thepurpose intended.

Having thus described my invention, 1 claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent 1. In devices forhanging and operating cardoors,atrack inwardly curved atone end,hang ers adapted to travel upon thetrack, one of which hangers has pivotal movement in a horizontal plane,a shaft connected with the pivotal hanger, a lever for turning the shaftand carrying a.hook member, and akeeper on the body of the car forengagement by the said hook member, substantially as described.

2. In devices for hanging car-doors, atrack, hangers which travel uponthe track, one hanger having swinging motion in a horizontal plane, ashaft attached ,to said swinging hanger, a lever device for turning theshaft, a hook member carried by the lever device, a keeper on the bodyof the car for engagement by said hook member, and means for locking thelever device.

3. In devices for hanging and operating cardoors, a hanger device, meansfor giving a partial turn to the same, the said means including a shaftconnected with the hanger device, a lever for turning the shaft andhaving a tubular or knuckle member mounted on-the shaft, and a hook-likemember extending from the knuckle member, and a .keeper on the body ofthe car for engagement by the said hooklike member.

4. In devices for hanging and operating cardoors, a hanger havinghorizontal swinging action, a shaft rigidly connected with said hanger,a bracket secured to the car-door and through which the shaft extends, alever for turning the shaft and having a knuckle or tubular membermounted on the shaft, a hooklike member extending from the tubularmember, a keeper on the body of the car for engagement by the saidhook-like member, and means for locking the said bracket and thelevertogether.

5. A device for hanging and operating car- .doors, comprising a hangermounted to turn approximately in a horizontal plane, a shaft connectedwith the hanger, a lever for turning the shaft and swinging the hangerto move the door into or out of the door-opening, said lever having ahook member, a keeper on the body of the car for engagen'ient by thehook member of the lever and means for locking the lever.

6. The herein-described device for hanging and operating car-doorscomprising a hanger having horizontal swinging action, a shaft attachedto the swinging hanger, a bracket secured to the car-door and formingabearing for the shaft, a door-operating device comprising a lever forturning the shaft and having a tubular or knuckle member mounted on theshaft, a hook-like member extending from the knuckle member, a keeper onthe car-body for engagement by said hook, the said bracket and leverbeing provided with openings adapted to register when the door is closedand a locking-slide for engaging said registering openings.

7 The herein-described device for hanging and operatingdoors, comprisinga hanger having horizontal swinging action, a shaft attached to theswinging hanger, a controlling mechanism for the shaft comprisingabracketsection secured to the door of the car and forming a bearing forthe shaft, a transmitting section connected with the shaft, and adooroperating section located between the bracketsection and thetransmitting-section, the dooroperating section comprising a lever-armand a tubular or knuckle member mounted on the shaft, a hook-likeextension projecting from the tubular member of the door-operatingsection, and a keeper secured to the body of the car and engaged by thehook-like member to hold the door closed.

8. The herein-described device for hanging and operating car-doors,comprisinga hanger having horizontal swinging action, a shaft at tachedto the swinging hanger, and a controlling mechanism for the said shaftcomprising a bracket-section attached to the door and forming a bearingfor the shaft, a transmittingsection mounted on the shaft, a connectionbetween the transmitting-section and said shaft, a door-operatingsection having a lever-arm and a tubular or knuckle member connectedwith said arm and mounted on the shaft between the bracket-section andthe transmitting-section, an interlocking connection beneath thetransmitting-section and the dooroperating section, a horizontal hookextension projecting from the tubular or knuckle me1nber of thedoor-ormratingsection, and a keeper on the body of the car forengagement by the said hook extension for holding the door closed.

9. in devices for hanging and operating cardoors, a track-bar having anember upturned from its lower edge at its inner face, forming a gutterat the bottom of the track-bar, a forward and a rear hanger which travelon the trackbar, the forward hanger having means for attachment to acar-door, being provided at its upper end with a box-casing, and afriction-wheel within the box-casing, which travels on the upturnedmember of the track-bar, a support in which the said rear hanger turns,the rear hz'inger comprising a horizontal section, an extensiontherefrom adapted to enter the said gutter of the trackbar, afriction-roller in the said horizontal section, adapted for engagementwith the upturned member of the track, a vertical shaft connected withthe said rear hanger, brackets on the car-door in which the said shaftis mounted to turn, a lever for turning the shaft, a horizontal hookextension on said lever, and a keeper on the car-bod y for engagement bysaid hook extension,substantially as described.

10. In a device for hanging and operating car-doors, a track-bar havinga member npturned from its lower edge at its inner face, forming agutter at the bottom of the trackbar, the said track-bar being inwardlycurved at one end, hangers in traveling relation to the track, onehanger having a fixed portion and a roller therein which engages withthe upturned portion of the track, a support for the second hanger, inwhich the hanger has horizontal swinging action, a roller carried by thesecond hanger, arranged to engage with the upturned portion of thetrack, a guide-stud extending down from the second hanger into thegutter of the track, a shaft rigidly attached to the swinging hanger, alever for turning the shaft, a hook extension on the levcr,'a keeper onthe car-body for engagement by said hook extension, and locking andsealing devices for the door, as described.

11. In devices for hanging and operating cardoors, a track-bar having amember upturned from its lower edge at its inner face, forming a gutterat the bottom of the trackbar, the said track-bar being inwardly curvedat one end, a forward and a rear hanger which travel on the said track,the forward hanger having a section for stationary attachment to thedoor, being provided at its upper end with a box-casing, and afriction-wheel within the box-casing, which friction-wheel travels onthe upturned portion of the said track, the rear hanger comprising ahorizontal member, a member for engagement with the track and connectedwith the inner end of said horizontal member, a vertical shaft rigidlyconnected with the outer end of said horizontal member, a bracketsecured to the car-door and having a sleeve or socket in which the upperportion of the shaft has rotary movement, the sleeve or socket beingprovided with a recess and a lug carried by the shaft and havingmovement in the said recess to limit the turning movement of the shaft,and a lever for turning the said shaft.

12. The combination with the body of a car and a flush door, an uppertrack for the door and lower guides for the door, of a forward hangersecured to the upper forward portion of the door, having aroller-bearing which travels on the said track, the said track at itsforward end being close to the side of the car, extending outward fromthe ear throughout the remaining portion of its length, a rear hangercomprising a member for engagement with the track, a horizontalcap-plate secured at one end to the lower portion of the said member,the cap-plate having a downwardlyextending socket at the other endprovided with a projecting lug, a shaft rigidly secured at its upper endin the said socket and extending downward at the rear edge of the door,a bracket secured to the car-door and provided with a sleeve or socketin which the upper part of the shaft is mounted to turn the said sleeveor socket having a circumferential recess in its upper end in which thelug on the cap-plate has movement, a bracket in which the lower part ofthe shaft has rotary movement, and a lever connected with the shaft forturning the same.

13. In devices for hanging and operating car-doors, a hanger mounted toturn approximately in a horizontal plane, a shaft rigidly connected withsaid hanger, brackets on the car-door in which said shaft is mounted toturn, a lever for turning the shaft and comand following approximatelythe curvature thereof, and a keeper secured to the body of the car andcomprising a body-section and an outwardly extending marginal flange,the keeper having a longitudinal opening for engagement by the said hookextension, as set forth.

14. In devices for hanging and operating car-doors, a track, hangersmounted to travel upon the track, one hanger .having horizontal swingingaction relative to the track, a shaft rigidly attached to the swinginghanger, a bracket secured to the car-door and having a tubular orknuckle member in which the lower portion of the shaft is mounted toturn, a lever for turning the shaft and comprising a lever-arm, atubular or knuckle member mounted on the shaft and engaging at its upperedge with the lower edge of the knuckle member of the bracket, a hookextension on the knuckle member of the lever, a keeper on the body ofthe car for engagement by said extension, and a locking-slide removabl ypassed through registering openings in the bracket and lever, as setforth.

15. The herein-described device for hanging and operating car-doorscomprising a hanger having horizontal swinging action, a shaft attachedto the swinging hanger, a bracket secured to the car-door and having aknuckle or tubular member forming a bearing for the shaft, a lever forturning the shaft comprising an arm and a tubular or knuckle memberregistering with the knuckle member of the bracket, a hook extensionfrom the knuckle member of the lever, a keeper secured to the body ofthe car, for engagement by said hook extension, and a locking slideremovably passed through registering openings in the bracket and thelever, the said slide being provided with an opening in its lower end,and the bracket with an eye, through which the loop of a seal may bepassed, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

PAUL J. MCcuLLoueH.

Vitnesses:

CHAs. S. SHALLENBERGER, G. S. KENNERLY.

